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THE PUBLIC HEALTH/PUBLIC BROADCASTING GRIFTERS
When I lived in North Jersey, I sometimes listened to WFMU, a free-form indie radio station, unaffiliated with NPR. FMU prided itself on the offbeat…
Apr 25
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THANKS, READERS
In the first three days since I notified people that the above-pictured book was in print, over a hundred people ordered it. Thank you for doing so. I…
Apr 20
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REVISITING AUNT JANE
Several months ago, I wrote about being unable to visit my Aunt Jane during the Scamdemic. I had last seen her in her Shamokin, Pennsylvania senior…
Apr 18
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YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FROM DAY 1
I recently published and, in the first three days, have already sold, to non-relatives, 140 copies of this collection of 55 of my Coronamania…
Apr 14
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FLYING PIGS, ECLIPSES, EARTHQUAKES AND CORONAMANIA
Winston Churchill said, “A dog looks up to you. A cat looks down upon you. But a pig looks at you as his equal.” Researchers say that swine are very…
Apr 11
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SUMMING UP THE MANIA
Last week, I received from a printing company, the first run of an anthology of 55 of the 170 Coronamania story/essays posted on Medium or Substack over…
Apr 6
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GUILT, SACRIFICE AND CORONAMANIA
My mother retained much of her long-term memory until she died last year at 94 and a half. In her final few years, she sometimes repeated herself and/or…
Apr 4
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March 2024
THE P WORD
In spring and summer 2020, governments closed many places: schools, parks, churches and restaurants and other small businesses. It was pure theater. But…
Mar 28
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NOT TAKING A WEEK OFF
I’ve consistently posted early on Thursday mornings. I did so again this morning but only sent the post to paid subscribers. Fundamentally, I don’t…
Mar 21
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MR. MARK GOES TO WASHINGTON
On Monday, March 18, I attended—and cheered speakers at—a free speech rally in front of the United States Supreme Court. I didn’t use to think of myself…
Mar 21
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CLOSING TIME
When I was Rutgers Law School student in Newark, New Jersey, I rented a room in Kearny, a densely packed, working-class town across the Passaic River…
Mar 14
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AND THE EARTH DID NOT SWALLOW THEM
A few years ago, an eccentric friend took me to forage wild mushrooms. We found two circular fourteen-inch-diameter mycelia under oak trees. We picked…
Mar 7
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